Flinging stuff at the wall

[bluedog225]

We kicked the can down the road for a decade.

Looks like Uber realized the dump money to get market share was unsustainable.

tldr: Uber will be more expensive.

https://slate.com/business/2022/05/u...eap-rides.html

[LeeG]

is that another word for arrogant?

In the theme of armchair psycho-analysis I think David has been second guessed so much that the Bilge is his place to do the same. He could be more subtle about it.

[TerryLL]

supercilious

is that another word for arrogant?

Yup, here are a few more that fit:

haughty, conceited, disdainful, overbearing, pompous, condescending, superior, patronizing, imperious, proud, lofty, lordly, snobbish, snobby. overweening, smug, pretentious, affected, scornful, mocking, sneering, scoffing, hoity-toity, high and mighty, uppity, snooty, stuck-up, fancy-pants, toffee-nosed, snotty, jumped up, too big for one's boots

[John B]

I expect the cost of flying to go up soon, way up what with diesel fuel being $8.00 gallon it would round up to $300k per 10 hour flight...

I see what you did.

[David G]

Yup, here are a few more that fit:

haughty, conceited, disdainful, overbearing, pompous, condescending, superior, patronizing, imperious, proud, lofty, lordly, snobbish, snobby. overweening, smug, pretentious, affected, scornful, mocking, sneering, scoffing, hoity-toity, high and mighty, uppity, snooty, stuck-up, fancy-pants, toffee-nosed, snotty, jumped up, too big for one's boots

All good synonyms.

There's another word that sometimes applies: truthful <G>

[TerryLL]

I knew Plato, Plato was a fried of mine. Mr. Truthful, you sir, are no Plato.

[David G]

I knew Plato, Plato was a fried of mine. Mr. Truthful, you sir, are no Plato.

<snort>

[Paul Pless]

I knew Plato, Plato was a fried of mine. Mr. Truthful, you sir, are no Plato.

dang ur old

older than i had originally thought at least

[L.W. Baxter]

nobody hates you david

[Tom Wilkinson]

That centrifugal launch thingamajig could likely fling stuff hard enough to stick.

[David G]

nobody hates you david

Isn't it interesting that Plato often held a dim view of poetry, and yet used a lot of poetic language & style himself.

[Paul Pless]

nobody hates you david

Isn't it interesting that Plato often held a dim view of poetry, and yet used a lot of poetic language & style himself.

not yet anyways

[David G]

not yet anyways

Aren't you forgetting Kat? Your very own wife? She prolly hates me for teasing her about her choice of spouses <G>

[Ted Hoppe]

1 in 4 Americans & 1 in 3 Russians believe the sun revolves around the earth.

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But more Americans would vote for Biden if Arnold was his running mate.

[Art Haberland]

Isn't it interesting that Plato often held a dim view of poetry, and yet used a lot of poetic language & style himself.

Poetic language and poetry are two different things. Just as drawing and illustrating are similar, but done for differing reasons.

[David G]

Poetic language and poetry are two different things. Just as drawing and illustrating are similar, but done for differing reasons.

Yes, and Plato was right - poetry IS a form of rhetoric.

Wait... what were we talking about?

OH, I remember --

There are several BilgeRats who make this a regular habit here. Stumble across some sparkly notion... add zero research, zero verification, and zero cogitation... then post it here to see what the response is.

And sometimes y'all even get huffy if your bangle du jour is poorly received.

And sometimes, y'all actively resist any efforts to critique the notion or correct the misapprehensions.

I, at least, would appreciate it if you didn't.

[Canoeyawl]

Isn't it interesting that Plato often held a dim view of poetry, and yet used a lot of poetic language & style himself.

So, Plato held a dim view of himself? That's not uncommon in truthful people
Whatever would Freud say, less mores perhaps?